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Body of missing snowmobiler found

KAWARTHA LAKES-The body of a person missing after two snowmobiles went through the ice near Bobcaygeon Saturday night, has been found.

OPP divers found the body shortly after 5pm Sunday.

The search began on Saturday after emergency crews were called to the scene on Oak Park Road near Bobcaygeon at approximatley 7pm. Police say two machines had gone through the ice on Sturgeon Lake. One person was rescued and taken to hospital in serious condition. A second person was missing. City of Kawartha Lakes Fire Crews searched the waters until midnight on Saturday, the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit and an OPP helicopter resumed the search Sunday morning.

No names have been released.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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